Te Kōhanga Reo o He Maungarongo

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi.

2 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o He Maungārongo ki Murupara. E tatari ana te whānau kia waitohungia tō rātou āheinga ki te whakamahi i tētahi atu whare hou, me te whakarahi ake i te tini ki te kōhanga reo, mā te whakauru mai i ngā whānau i te rārangi tatari. He mea nui ki te whānau te whakakotahi ki waho atu i te kōhanga reo, me te whai wāhi atu ki ngā kaupapa o Murupara.  

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whakaatu mai o ngā uri i tō rātou harikoa ki roto i ā rātou akoranga?

Ka poipoi, ka whakatairanga te whānau i te taiao ako ngahau mō ngā uri.  

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga

Ka ārahi ngā kaimahi i ngā hononga poipoi e whai hua ana ki te taha o ngā uri, puta noa i te hōtaka o ia rā. Ka tau wawe ngā uri, ā, he pārekareka ki a rātou te tīmata i tō rātou rā mā ngā karakia me ngā hīmene. He whai wāhitanga mō rātou ki te ārahi i ētahi wāhanga o te hōtaka, tae atu hoki ki te karakia mō te kai. Ka ako ngā pēpi me ngā tēina nohinohi mā te mātakitaki me te whakarongo, ā, he tākare tā rātou urupare atu ki ngā tohutohu a ngā kaimahi. Ka whai atu ngā tuākana i ngā kaiako, ā, he tākare anō hoki tā rātou aro atu ki tā rātou whāngai kōrero.

Ka ako ngā uri ki tētahi taiao e aro mātua ana ki te reo Māori. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i te tangongitanga o ngā tūmomo rautaki e hāpai ai i te whakawhanaketanga o te reo Māori, pērā i te tāruarua, te tohutohu, te patapatai, me te whāngai kupu. Ka whakatauira rātou i te whānuitanga o ngā mihi o te ata, tae atu hoki i ngā whakamāramatanga o ngā āhuatanga o te rā, hei whakawhānui i te whakawhanaketanga reo. Kei te whanake ngā uri ki te kōrero i te reo Māori.

Kua āta whakaritea ngā tikanga, ā, ka hāpai taua tūāhuatanga i te whai whakaaro nui o ngā uri ki ngā matea o ētahi atu. E ākina ana te atawhai o ngā tuākana i ō rātou tēina, ā, ka whakatauira rātou i ngā uara o te awhi, te aroha, me te manaaki. I ngā kaimahi e waiata ana i ngā waiata ā-ringa, ka whai atu ngā pēpi i ā rātou nekehanga. Ka taea e ngā tuākana te haka, me te kore whai wāhi mai o ngā kaimahi. Ka ngākau nui ngā uri ki ngā wheako ako e whakaratohia ana, ā, ka kitea mā te āhua tonu o tā rātou katakata, tā rātou pekepeke, me tā rātou pakipaki i a rātou e whakapuaki ana i tō rātou ihi me tō rātou wehi. Ka whakanuia ngā rā whānau, hei whakamana i ngā uri. Ka tākarokaro, ka hangareka hoki ngā kaimahi ki waenga i a rātou anō. Ka whai wāhi nui ngā uri ki tētahi hōtaka akoranga whakangahau i runga i te wairua pārekareka.

Kua whakaritea ngā mahere me ngā aromatawai a ngā kaimahi. Ka mahi ngātahi rātou, ā, ka toro atu ki ngā whakapuakitanga a te whānau me ngā putanga aromātai ki te whakawhanake i ngā kaupapa ako. Ka panoni i ngā kaupapa ako hei whakatutuki i ngā matea o ngā uri. E tika ana ngā putanga ako me ngā taumahi mō ngā reanga. Ka puritia ki ngā pūkete te ako me te ahu whakamua o ngā uri. He whakaahua o roto me ngā whakaaturanga kōrerorero. Ka whakamahia ngā mātai mokopuna hei kapo, hei whakapuaki hoki i te ahu whakamua a ngā uri. Ka whai wāhi te aromātai hōtaka hei āhuatanga tonu o te mahi whakamahere. Hui ai ngā kaimahi ki te whakawhiti kōrero mō te hōtaka, mō tēnā i ākona ai e ngā uri, ā, mō te whakatutukitanga o ngā putanga i takunetia ai. Ka whakatakoto ā-tuhi i ngā whakawhitinga kōrero, ā, ka whakamahia hei whakamōhio i ngā mahere mō meāke nei. Ka aro mātua rā ki te ngākau nuitanga o ngā uri ki te ako.

Ko ngā uri kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakahaere me ngā whakataunga a te whānau. E tino mōhio ana te whānau ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga mahi, ā, ka hui rātou i ia te wā ki te whakawhiti kōrero mō ngā tūāhuatanga i te kōhanga reo. Kua whakaritea tētahi mahere ā-tau e tautuhi ana i ngā take whakahaere matua. Ko ngā kaupapa here, ngā tukanga, me ngā whakaritenga o te hauora me te haumaru, e hāngai katoa ana ki ngā herenga ā-ture o te wā, ā, ka whakatairanga i te waiora o ngā uri, ngā kaimahi, me te whānau. Tū ai te arotake whaiaro i ia te wā, ā, ka hāngai hoki ki tēnei wā tonu. Ka tino ngākau nui te whānau ki te āhua tonu o ngā mahi a ngā kaiako ki te tautoko i te ako a ngā uri i te reo Māori, ā, i tā rātou whakatinanatanga hoki i ngā tikanga, ā, e whakatutuki ana i ō rātou wawata me ō rātou tūmanako mō ngā uri. Kua āta whakaritea ngā mahi e pā ana ki te whakahaeretanga o ngā kaimahi, ā, ka arotahi ngā arohaehae ki te whakatairanga me te whakawhanake i te mōhiotanga o ngā kaimahi. E noho whakakipakipa ana ngā kaimahi ki te kawe atu tonu i te ako ngaio hei painga mō te whānau. Ka arotahi te whānau ki te whakapaitanga o ngā whakaritenga kaimahi, kia whai hua ake ai ngā putanga ki ngā uri.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake 

Ahakoa he mahere rautaki a te whānau ki te hāpai i te ahunga whakamua me te rōnakitanga o kōhanga reo, ka whai hua hoki rātou mā te whakawhanake i tētahi mahere mahi e hāpai ai i te whakatinanatanga o ngā whāinga o te pae tawhiti. Ko te whakarite i tētahi mahere mahi, ka whai wāhi ki te hāpai i te aroturukitanga o te ahu whakamua, i te pūrongo atu ki te whānau, ā, i te whakanuitanga o ngā whakatutukitanga, i tā rātou ahu whakamua ngātahi. Ka whai hua ngā uri i te wā ka whakamahere te whānau mō te whakawhanake tonutanga o tō rātou kōhanga reo.  

5 Te Whakatau a te Whānau o te Kōhanga Reo ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te arotake, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha ki te whakahaere i ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei, arā, ki:

• te haumaru ā-whatumanawa, tae atu ki te ārahi mauritau me te ārai tamariki

• te haumaru ā-tinana, tae atu ki te mātakitaki tamariki, ngā whakaritenga whakamoe, ngā aituā, te whāngai rongoā; me ngā kaupapa here, ngā tukanga hoki mō ngā haerenga whakawaho

• te tū tika o ngā kaimahi, tae atu ki te tika o ngā tohu mātauranga, ngā mahi arowhai a ngā pirihimana, me te tatauranga ki waenga i te kaiako me te tamaiti 

• ngā whakaritenga ohotata me ngā tikanga ohotata e pā ana ki te rū whenua, te ahi, te waipuke, te tai āniwhaniwha, me te mate urutā.

6 Te Taunakitanga

 I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

• mahi te whānau ki te taha o te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo ki te whakarite me te whakatinana i tētahi mahere mahi e hāpai ai i te aronga rautaki o tō rātou kōhanga reo.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services

 

30 Pipiri, 2022

 

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Te tūwāhi	Kei Murupara
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga	41014
Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo	12F047
Te tūmomo whare	He kōhanga reo
Te raihana	Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008
Te tokomaha mō te raihana	34, kia 12 ki raro i te rua o ngā tau
Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa	17, tokowaru kei raro i te rua o ngā tau
Ngā hononga ā-iwi	Māori 17
Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake	Pipiri 2022
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo	30 Piripi 2022
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga	Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2017; Arotake Mātauranga, Hakihea 2014; Arotake Mātauranga, Haratua 2012

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau, leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. ERO reports provide important information for hapū and iwi.

2 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o He Maungārongo is in Murupara. The whānau are awaiting sign off on the use of a new additional building that will allow them to increase the roll and accommodate whānau on a waiting list. Whānau value coming together beyond the kōhanga reo to be involved in the everyday life of Murupara.  

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do uri show they are happy in their learning? 

The whānau nurtures and promotes fun learning environment for uri.   

4 Findings

Kaimahi guide positive nurturing relationships with uri throughout the daily programme. Uri settle quickly and enjoy starting their day with karakia and himene. They have opportunities to lead parts of the programme including karakia kai. Pēpi and young teina absorb learning through watching and listening and they respond enthusiastically to the instructions of kaimahi. Tuākana follow the lead of kaiako and respond to their prompts eagerly.

Uri learn in an environment where te reo Māori is a priority. Kaimahi use a variety of strategies that support te reo Māori development such as repetition, instruction, questioning, and prompting. They model a range of morning greetings that include describing the āhuatanga of the day to extend language development. Uri are developing as speakers of te reo Maori.

Established tikanga supports uri to consider the needs of others. Tuākana are encouraged to care for their teina and model the values of awhi, aroha and manaaki. While kaimahi are singing waiata-ā-ringa, the pēpi follow their actions. Tuākana can perform without kaimahi support. Uri enjoy the learning experiences provided which is evident in the way laugh, jump and clap their hands as they express their ihi and wehi.  Birthdays are celebrated showing uri they are valued. Kaimahi are playful and joke with another. Uri experience a fun programme of learning in an enjoyable atmosphere.  

Kaimahi planning and assessment are in place. They work collaboratively using whānau contributions and evaluation outcomes to develop kaupapa ako. These are adapted to meet the needs of uri. Learning outcomes and activities are age appropriate. Profile books record the learning and progress of uri. They contain photos with anecdotal evidence. Mātai mokopuna is used to capture and share uri progress.  Programme evaluation is a natural part of planning. Kaimahi meet to discuss how the programme, what uri learnt and if the intended outcomes were met. Discussions are recorded and used to inform future planning. Uri enjoyment of learning is a priority.

Uri are at the centre of whānau whakahaere and decision-making. Whānau know their roles and responsibilities well and they meet regularly to discuss kōhanga reo business. An annual plan is in place that identifies key operational matters. Health and safety policies, procedures and practices align to current legislation and promote the wellbeing of uri, kaimahi and whānau. Self-review is regular and up to date. Whānau love the way kaiako support uri to learn te reo Māori and practice tikanga, as this fulfils their dreams and aspirations for uri. Personnel management practices are well established, with appraisals focused on enhancing and developing kaimahi knowledge. Kaimahi are motivated to undertake ongoing professional learning for the betterment of the whānau. Whānau focus on improvement of kaimahi practice for better outcomes for uri.

Key Next Steps

While the whānau have a strategic plan in place to support the future direction and sustainability of the kōhanga reo, they would benefit from developing an action plan to support the realisation of long-term goals. The establishment of an action plan will aid in monitoring progress, reporting to whānau, and celebrating the milestones as they journey together. Uri benefit when whānau plan for the ongoing development of their kōhanga reo.

5 Kōhanga Whānau Assurance on Legal Requirements

During the evaluation, ERO looked at systems for managing the following areas:

• emotional safety including positive guidance and child protection

• physical safety including supervision, sleep procedures, accidents, medication, excursion policy and procedures

• suitable staffing including appropriate qualifications, police vetting, ratios

• emergency procedures and practices for earthquakes, fire, flood, tsunami and pandemic.

6 Recommendation

ERO and the Kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendation:

• for the whānau to work alongside the District Tari to establish and implement an action plan that supports the strategic direction of their kōhanga reo.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

30 June 2022

7 Information about the Kōhanga Reo

Location	Murupara
Ministry of Education profile number	41014
Kōhanga Reo Identification Number	12F047
Licence type	Te Kōhanga Reo
Licensed under	Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Number licensed for	34 children, including up to 12 aged under 2
Service roll	17 children, including 8 aged under 2
Ethnic composition	Māori 17
Review team on site	June 2022
Date of this report	30 June 2022
Most recent ERO report(s)	Education Review, October 2017; Education Review, December 2014; Education Review, May 2012